Frank Hutchison — Worried Blues

I've got the worried blues, got no heart to cry Got the worried blues, got no heart to cry If blues don't kill me, boys, I'll never die Some people say the worried blues not bad Some people say the worried blues not bad There the worst old thing a man ever had They'll make you b'lieve world is upside down They'll make you b'lieve world is upside down I've travelled this world, boys, it's all around When you got the blues, you can't eat nor sleep When you got the blues, you can't eat nor sleep Spoken: What you gonna do then? You'll walk around like a police on his beat I dreamt last night lied all back in my bed I dreamt last night lied all back in my bed I dreamt last night that the woman I loved was dead That woman I love, she's done dead and gone That woman I love, she's done dead and gone She left me here tryin' to sing my ragtime song Spoken: How d'you know she's dead there and gone? Went to the graveyard, looked in the woman's face I went to the graveyard, looked in the woman's face I love you honey, sure can't take your place Take my chair to the river, boys, and I'll sit down Take my chair to the river, boys, and I'll sit down If the blues overtakes me, gonna rock overboard and drown I woke up this morning, freight train on my mind I woke up this morning, freight train on my mind I believe, old rounders, I better hike down the line Gonna leave this country, sure gonna leave it soon Gonna leave this country, sure gonna leave it soon An' advise the whole world they sure can have my room When I leave here, hang crepe on your door When I leave here, just hang crepe on your door I won't be dead, I just won't be here no more